title: Minimizing delays in DNA retrieval: The "freezer method" for glass coverslip removal. Letter to the editor regarding comparative study of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation analysis on cytology smears and surgical pathology specimens from primary and metastatic lung carcinomas.
authors.affiliation: of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Gilda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: da Cunha Santos
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schroder
authors.forename: Julie Baoqian
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Mauro Ajaj
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Saieg
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Geddie
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Boerner
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McDonald
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000556:secondary*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D010340:Pathology, Surgical
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D066246:ErbB Receptors